A qualitative study of unmet healthcare needs in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A potential role for specialist palliative care?

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1433-1438

  Schroedl, Clara J ^a   Yount, Susan E ^a   Szmuilowicz, Eytan ^a   Hutchison, Paul J ^a   Rosenberg, Sharon R ^a   Kalhan, Ravi ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Dyspnea; End of life; Quality of life; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEAR; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERVIEW; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PALLIATIVE CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84914665958     PISSN: 23296933     EISSN: 23256621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201404-155BC     Document Type: Article

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